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NEW DELHI: A special court today dismissed the plea of businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal, an accused in a coal blocks allocation case, seeking return of his passport seized by the CBI, saying the law does not allow the court to release it. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said the court has no power to release the passport after it is impounded by the passport authorities, under the Passports Act, 1967. "The Passports Act, 1967 does not confer any power upon this court to order release of passport of a person after it has come to be impounded by the concerned passport authorities after following due process of law," the court said.

NEW DELHI: CBI was today at the receiving end of a special court which observed that it was wasting its time by "dumping" files of coal blocks allocation scam cases and filing "illegible" documents, making a "mockery" of the entire process. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said that by filing illegible and blank documents in the court, the agency was wasting the court's time and if the process would go like this, then the matter would not proceed at a proper speed. "You are making a mockery of the entire process.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court today framed charges against sacked CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and nine others for allegedly cheating, conspiring and causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer in a Games-related corruption case. Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur framed charges under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act against Kalmadi and other accused, including OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot, in the case. Besides cheating and criminal conspiracy, the accused have also been charged with offences relating to forgery and use of forged documents as genuine, criminal intimidation, destruction of evidence of the IPC and section 13(1)

NEW DELHI: US-based cab service provider Uber's driver, who is facing trial in a rape case, was today identified in a Delhi court by the victim, a 25-year-old woman executive. During the trial, which commenced today, the victim's statement was recorded before Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja in an in-camera proceeding. The woman, who came to the court wearing a burqa, appeared as the first prosecution witness in the case. Her deposition remained inconclusive today and it will continue tomorrow when she will be cross-examined by the counsel for accused Shiv Kumar Yadav , 32. During the hearing, Yadav was also present inside the courtroom.

NEW DELHI: A special court has dismissed the plea filed by businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal, an accused in a coal blocks allocation case, for return of his passport which was seized by the CBI during the probe, observing that he had delayed seeking legal remedy. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said that power of the court was sought to be invoked in an arena which the Passports Act does not permit and the accused should have been vigilant enough to challenge the proceedings of seizure of his passport by investigating officer (IO)

HYDERABAD: YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy , the prime accused in the case of alleged quid-pro-quo investments involving his companies, today appeared before a special CBI court here. Former Andhra Pradesh Ministers Sabitha Indra Reddy and Dharmana Prasada Rao, both accused in the case, also appeared before the court. It was for the first time Jagan appeared before the court after his release on bail on September 24. The court had on September 23 granted him conditional bail and directed that he should present himself before the court during the proceedings in the case.

BHOPAL: Mining baron and a key accused in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board's (MPPEB) police sub-inspector and constable recruitment exam, Sudhir Sharma surrendered before a local court here today. Sharma was absconding for a long time and the Special Task Force (STF) which is probing the MPPEB scam had announced a reward of Rs 5,000 on him. The mining baron reached the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Pankaj Singh Maheshwari and surrendered, after which the judge informed the Special Task Force (STF)

NEW DELHI: A court here has directed Delhi government to address the issues of shortage of Public Prosecutors and their failure to work freely and independently, saying it is causing delay in delivery of justice. The court also noted that "the Public Prosecutors work under fear of their seniors as they apprehend issuance of show cause notice in case they fail to get favourable order of the court. " Additional Sessions Judge Savita Rao asked the Director of Prosecution and the Principal Secretary (Home)